Martha Graham: Power and Passion

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Shawn Harper

On the program for Kanopy Dance Company’s season opening production is Song of Tears II, a new work created for capable and well-trained Kanopy dancers by guest choreographer Lone Kjaer Larsen, who is the program director at the Martha Graham School for Contemporary Dance in New York City. Also appearing are special guest stars from Graham 2, the Martha Graham Dance Company’s “second company” for gifted young dancers, the majority of whom go on to join the main company. Misha Culver and Riccardo Novo, under the direction Virginie Mécène, will perform two duets and one solo from Graham repertory. Kanopy co-directors Lisa Thurrell and Robert E. Cleary also present works.

press release: Martha Graham: Power and Passion

October 18-20, 2019

Friday 7:30pm; Saturday 5:00pm & 8:00pm, Sunday 2:30pm

Martha Graham was a truly revolutionary dancer and choreographer—who believed that the purpose of dance was to translate emotional experience into creative physical movement and whose rigorous technique demanded that every single movement have a clear and understandable meaning. Once again, Kanopy Dance will celebrate Graham’s legacy as a foremost pioneer of modern dance, with its 2019-2020 season opening concert Martha Graham: Power and Passion, October 18-20, 2019 at the Overture Center for the Arts.

Martha Graham: Passion & Power will feature guest artists Misha Culver and Riccardo Noto both dancers at Graham 2, (a company chosen from the most elite dancers from around the world enrolled at the NYC Graham School); and Virginie Mecene, who will direct them in two Graham duets and one solo: Satyric Festival Song (1932, the Helen and Paris duet - excerpt from Clytemnestra (1958) and Moon - from “Canticle for Innocent Comedians” (1952).

Misha Culver is originally from Juneau, Alaska where she began her dance training at Juneau Dance Theatre. She graduated cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Modern Dance.  She has performed works by Loni Landon, Michael Thomas, Anthony Morigerato, Murray Louis directed by Alberto “Tito” Del Saz, among others. She joined in Graham 2 in September 2018.

Riccardo Noto is from Italy. He studied at Coreutico Regina Margherita High School, where he began the study of the Graham Technique and floor work. He danced at two of the most important theaters in Palermo, Teatro Massimo and Teatro Politeama. Riccardo is furthering his training at the Martha Graham School and joined Graham 2 in September 2019.

Another highlight of Martha Graham: Power & Passion will be the premiere of an original work, Song of Tears II, commissioned for Kanopy Dance Company. The piece, choreographed by Lone Kjaer Larsen, former principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and currently head faculty and program director of the Martha Graham School in New York City, will be performed by Kanopy Company dancers, and  is about the trauma of an individual not fitting into the group— alone, different, not accepted… and meeting the challenge to overcome estrangement and be strong. The original work was developed and work-shopped by Lone Kjaer Larsen during a residency with Kanopy Dance in Madison during the past summer. 

Season Tickets and Reserved Seating 

For the first time, Kanopy Dance will offer season subscriptions, on sale at the Overture Center for the Arts, subject to availability for a selection of three, four or five of our season concert offerings. Subscribers earn preferred seating options and save with flexible ticket packages and a host of other benefits including class discounts, special invitations, ticket exchange and lost ticket replacement.

Tickets available at https://www.overture.org/

Single Tickets Martha Graham Power & Passion

Tickets: www.overturecenter.org, 608.258.4141

Ticket Prices: $35/general, $28/students, $18/children, youth

All seats are reserved: No general seating  (Unlike past seasons).